Caregiving from my kitchen
Salmon patties (salmon cakes, salmon burgers) are a pretty common, basic American dish. You take the readily available can of salmon – a good pantry item – and add an egg and some kind of breading to hold it together, season it, and either pan …
You may have noticed that we’ve been eating a lot of lentil soup for lunch… And you may have thought “How does she do that? Why does she do that? It takes nearly an hour to cook lentils – is she spending an hour every …
When I was a kid there was an ad whose tagline was “Is it soup, yet? It’s Soup!” (I think for a dry soup mix, so, one could argue whether or not it really was soup, but, I digress…) At any rate, the line became, …
As you may have noticed, I like salads. I particularly like them for lunch in summer – they’re light and cool, and a perfect way to use a wide variety of vegetables. They can be a nuisance to make, though, especially with that variety of …
Winter has definitely arrived in New York City. We had a blizzard last night, and it is bitterly cold. (All right, stop laughing, those of you in, say, North Dakota… around here, temperatures under 10F and wind chill below zero are unusual, though not at …